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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 18 · 1952 by-elections

Ajmeri Gate

Winner — 1952 by-elections

HARI CHAND
BJS 49.5%INC 49.2%1 others 1.3%
Votes
5,633
49.5% share
Winning margin
35
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
3

Ajmeri Gate was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 35 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARI CHAND
5,6330.0%
2
M.M. BEGG
5,5980.0%
3
M.A. ALI
IND
1500.0%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Low turnout (69th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.2% · min 3.5% · max 46.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
54%
lowerhigher
69th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.19
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
9th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
5 seats · 3 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
8,87,978
Density
14557 / km²
Sex ratio
869 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
61 km²
SC population18.7%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.8%Muslim 13.5%Other 4.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water81.8%
Electricity99.1%
Sanitation90.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.2%
Children fully vaccinated86.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.7%
Children underweight (under 5)21.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.9%
Women literate83.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER5.0%
Clean cooking fuel99.7%
Health insurance19.4%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Light Engineering Goods
The Punjabi gate in the Roshanara bagh

The Punjabi gate in the Roshanara bagh

🏛️MonumentASI

The Punjabi gate in the Roshanara bagh

Tomb of Roshanara & Baradari

Tomb of Roshanara & Baradari

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Roshanara & Baradari

Tripolia Gateways

Tripolia Gateways

🏛️MonumentASI

Tripolia Gateways

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Tripolia Gateways

🏛️MonumentASI

Tripolia Gateways

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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